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Financing for Largest Clean Energy Project in U.S. Closes INDUSTRY NEWS

(HVDC) transmis sion line between central New Mexico

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Energy), a leader in renewable energy and transmission infrastructure, has closed an $11 billion non-recourse financing and begun full construction of SunZia Transmission and SunZia Wind, which together is the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history. SunZia Transmission is a 550-mile, 525 kV high-voltage direct current

IMI Critical to Collaborate with FAC in South America workers on-site during construction, including heavy equipment operators, electricians, laborers and others. IMI Critical Engineering has announced a new agent collaboration with FAC Engenharia to offer high quality and efficient flow control solutions for oil and gas customers and their partners in Brazil, as it works to strengthen its position in South America. The collaboration means FAC Engenharia will sell products and services from IMI Critical Engineering brands, including IMI CCI, IMI Fluid Kinetics, IMI Orton and IMI STI, providing extensive on-site support. which is being constructed across Torrance, Lincoln and San Miguel Counties in New Mexico. SunZia Wind and Transmission will employ more than 2,000 Harrington Acquires PumpMan Harrington Process Solutions, a distrib utor of industrial products for corro sive and high-purity applications in the U.S., announced the acquisition of PumpMan, a provider of onsite main tenance, repair and replacement for all components in water and wastewater pumping systems. Founded in 2016, PumpMan has grown quickly through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, expanding to 11 locations across the United States.

and south-central Arizona with the capacity to transport 3,000 MW of clean, reliable and affordable elec tricity across Western states. SunZia Transmission will deliver clean power generated by Pattern Energy’s 3,515 MW SunZia Wind facility, the largest wind project in the Western Hemisphere,

Heirloom Unveils America’s First Commercial Direct Air Capture Facility

Heirloom Carbon Technologies unveiled a new facility that can capture up to 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, which will be stored in concrete to fulfill commercial removal purchases. “This first commercial direct-air capture facility is the closest thing on Earth that we have to a time machine, because it can turn back the clock on climate change by

removing carbon dioxide that has already been emitted into our atmosphere,” said Heirloom’s CEO and co-founder, Shashank Samala. “The capacity of our tech nology to capture CO2 from the air has gone from 1 kilogram of CO2 to up to one million, or 1000 metric tons, in just over two years. We owe it to every climate-vul nerable citizen to continue to deploy our technology at the urgent pace required to reach billion-ton scale and beyond in time to stop the worst of climate change.” Limestone is used to pull CO2 from the air. Using a renewable-energy-powered kiln, the limestone is heated to extract the CO2, leaving a mineral powder that absorbs more CO2. This powder is then spread onto vertically stacked trays where it acts like a sponge – pulling CO2 from the air. Once saturated, the material is returned to the kiln, the CO2 is extracted, and the process begins again. The captured CO2 gas is then permanently stored safely underground or embedded in concrete. The company’s goal is to remove 1 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2035 – a figure which represents 20% of today’s annual U.S. emissions and 10% of global carbon removal needed annually by 2050.

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